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Chapter 7: I\'m sorry


They walked to the castle and stood still in the Entrance Hall for a moment. The young Severus motioned with his hand the direction they should go.

\"Come, I know a room on the seventh floor no one knows about.\"He revealed in a quiet voice, a look of superiority, so reminiscent of his future self that she wanted to wipe if off his faceHermione couldn\'t help but grin at this likeable boy who would become her teacher.

\"You mean the Room of Requirement.\"she asked casually, causing Snape\'s mouth to fall open.

\"So,\" he said with a note of admiration in his voice \"You know this castle very well . Are you a student here during your own time.\"he asked, recovering from his surprise. \"Yes, I\'m in my sixth year, a prefect and,\" she was going to say that she was in Gryffindor, but felt that it would be a huge mistake. Rerinering quickly she ammended, \"And becoming Head-Girl if all goes well.\"A blush stole across her cheeks. Sometimes she wished her mouth wouldn\'t run away from her.
Taking her by the arm in an oddly courteous gesture, Snape led her towards the staircases. On their way to the seventh floor the were lucky, as they found the corridors mainly empty of students. Hermione realized that most students would be in the great hall having their evening meal.

\"I hope we don\'t walk in to Filch.\" Said Hermione, forgetting when she was for a moment, in her nervousness.

\"Argus?\" Snape laughed. \"He\'s my friend. He\'s a bit useless when it comes to doing magic, but he covers for me when I\'m in trouble.\" \"I know.\" Hermione clapped her hand over her mouth.

\"I wasn\'t supposed to say that.\" Mortification that she couldn\'t seem to keep her mouth closed around him, caused her to pale slightly. Snape laughed again.

\"I know.\" he consoled, \"I made the same mistake when I went back in time to see my own dad at Hogwarts.\" He confided as they finally arrived at the appropriate corridor on the seventh floor.

\"Well, go ahead, I give you the honour of opening the door.\" Severus said, secretly hoping she wouldn\'t know how to open the door. To his dismay Hermione confidently walked three times up and down the corridor in front of the proper place the door would appear. No sooner had she completed the passing of the hidden door for the third time and the door suddenly appeared where previously had been castle wall.

\"I wonder what the room will be this time.\" he said looking at Hermione. Grasping the door knob firmly, he turned it, felt the mechanism disengage, and pushed open the door.

\"Ladies first.\" Severus, said gallantly.He stepped aside and let Hermione precede him in. Hermione, unsure of the appearance of the common room of Slytherin, instead had opted for focusing on needing neutral ground Sheusedused on the DA-room where the defense group practiced Defense against the Dark Arts lessons, the group Harry had started when Professor Umbridge only taught defense theory. The DA room would do just fine.

\"Ah, I see you really know about this room and its purposes. If I had chosen, it would have been a huge bed with a lot of pillows to lean on. I usually require that, as I find no comfort in my house dormitory, but this is quite alright too.\" Snape revealed conversationally. Hermione sat down on a squashy pillow from the pile of them that the DA had used to fall on while practicing various stunning spells. Snape chose another pillow and sat next to her.

\"Ths ous our DA-room. We, by that I mean Harry, Ron and all the other members, practice Defence Against the Dark Arts here.\"Hermoine babbled, \"But DA stands for Dumbledore\'s Army. Snape frowned at that.

\"Why does Dumbledore need an army?\" Snape questioned, \"He\'s the most powerful wizard I\'ve ever met.\" Hermione looked sad.

\"That\'s what you think of him now, but you\'ll join He -who- must- not- be...\" Hermione trailed off \'I didn\'t just say that, did I\', she thought as her brain caught up with her mouth.

\"Will I get caught and sent to Azkaban?\" Snape asked, not really believing her.

\"No, but please don\'t ask more, I can\'t tell you. Snape nodded agreeably, and Hermione was surprised. Her uncertainty reflected in her cinnamon coloured eyes. Snape, sensing her troubled thoughts, met her eyes levelly.

\"I think you\'re beautiful,\" Severus said, wanting to change the subject. He realized that it was the truth, although he had said hoping to change the direction of their conversation. He looked at her more intently than ever, shifting closer towards her. In a sudden move he bridged the last space between them and kissed her. Hermione was shocked, her mind in a turmoil. \'I\'m kissing my professor.\' Seemed to play through her thoughts repeatedly, even as she enjoyed the feel of his lips, like rough silk, upon hers. Hermione wasn\'t new to kissing, but this was an experience to be savored, she thought as she kissed him back. Tendrils of excitement coursing through her. Severus slowly manuvered her so that he was reclining on the cushions while Hermione lay half on top of him. She kissed like an angel and tasted just as sweet. \'Quite nice\' he thought to himself as he moved to trail kisses along her jaw. Hermione had ceased thinking, instead choosing to relish this forbidden pleasure. Returning his kisses and carresses she found an oddly familiar smell to his robes. Trying to place where she had smelled it before she classified the smell. It was herballic, cloying in it subtlety...Merlin, she thought desperately, as she recalled why the scent was familiar. It was familiar because the mystery man of shadows from her dreams had the same scent. Heavens, she\'d been dreaming about Snape!

Sobered by the revelation, she pulled back from his embrace. Looking him in the eye she stated baldly,

\"Now I finally know how you kiss.\" Snape, who had been running his long fingers through her hair, stopped.

\"Am I doing a good job?\" He paused, waiting for her answer. Hermione nodded, a blush suffusing her face with colour.

\"Tell me,\" Snape asked quite unexpectedly, \"How far have you come back in time?\" Hermione looked away in shame, silently shaking her head.

\"Oh, come on.\" Severus coaxed, \"I won\'t tell a soul.\" He said and pressed a kiss onto her throat, nipping her slightly.

\"Twenty-six years.\" Hermione gasped in pleasure at the feel of his teeth, lightly grzing her tender skin. Severus stopped abruptly, and leaned away from her, frowning.

\"That far?\" He asked disbelievingly. \"Oh no, Please don\'t tell me I\'m your father or something...I can\'t believe you allowed this to happen! You knew exactly who you were kissing, while I had no idea!\" He was trying to disentangle himself from her.

\"No, nothing like that! Merlin, You aren\'t even family.\" Hemione was also repelled by his interpretation.

\"Then...\" Severus asked, his voice dropping to a menacing hiss, \"How do you know me?\" Hermione shivered at his tone, looked at him, and allowed a small smile to play over her lips.

\"Don\'t laugh,\" she warned, inviting him to share her humor, \"but you teach at Hogwarts in my time.\"

\"You have got to be joking!\" Snape guffawed, \"I\'m a teacher? You\'re kidding, please tell its\' a bad joke?\" he finished, a bit feebly as he noticed that she did not join in.

\"No, you are a professor,\" Hermione refuted his plea, \"my Potions professor, actually.\" Severus, realizing her levity, had come to the realization that if what she said were indeed the truth, that they were in a compromising situation. Severus took action to remedy the situation. He scooted out from beneath her, and stood up in one swift movement. When he turned to look at her, his eyes were oddly flat, showing no emotion.

\"Potions?\" He asked, straightening his clothes. \"Why not DADA?\" He held her gaze with eyes showing no clue what his feelings were.\" Now Hermione looked serious.

\"Because professor Dumbledore won\'t let you.\" She answered quietly. At this answer the corners of Severus\'s thin lips turned downwards slightly.

\"Why not?\" He queried his voice still as flat.

\"Dumble ise is the headmaster,\" Hermione sighed, \"And the reason he won\'t let you have the DADA-job is-\" She stopped her explanation mid-way. \'I can\'t tell him why\' she realized suddenly as it might change the future. She also stood to adjust her robes.

\"Continue.\" Severus prompted, waiting for a minute before saying exasperatedly, \"C\'mon Hermione! I can\'t be that bad can I?\" Emotion makin his melodious voice rough while genuine concern shone from his dark eyes.

\"You are.\" Hermione stated matter-of-factly. \"Well, were.\" She ammended. \"I mean to say, not any more, but you were a very bad person years ago.\" she finished lamely.

\"Please don\'t tell me,\" Snape looked troubled, \"I will choose the Dark Lords\' side forever?\" He asked quietly, with a catch in his voice. Hermione\'s eyes welled with tears

\"I\'m sorry, but yes and no.\" She answered, \"As I\'ve told you, you will Join the Dark Lord-- but, not forever.\" She clasped her hand instictively over his, offering the small comfort. \"I really don\'t know much about your time while you are a death eater.\" She finished honestly.

\"No...\" said Snape in a whispered denial, a solitary tear sliding quietly down his cheek.

\"Look at me,\" Hermione demanded,

\"Severus.\" She gently grasped his head and cradled his face between her hands.

\"Look at me, and listen.\" She continued.

\"You can\'t change what will be! You will be cleared of charges because of professor Dumbledore. He\'s the one who will offer you a job at Hogwarts. You\'ll be Head of Slytherin, and a spying against Voldemort! You won\'t be going to Azkaban! We need you, with all your past, Don\'t change what will happen. Let them happen the way they are supposed to.\" She pulled him into a tight embrace, offering comfort to his anguished soul. He desperately returned her embrace.

\"Everything is going to be alright\" Hermione said softly, while holding him fiercely. She ran a soothing hand up and down hick. ck. \"Trust me.\" she whispered as she noticed that Severus Snape was actually crying in earnest. Hermione, her own emotions quick to rise, also had tears coursing down her cheeks freely.After a few moments of simply holding each other Severus released her from his desperate embrace.

\"Thank you for telling me, Hermione.\" Then he said something that made Hermione start with surprise.

\"You\'re not a Slytherin.\" He stated, watching her face for her reaction.

\"No, you\'re right, I\'m not. I was sorted into...\" she paused to breathe, gathering her strength, and looking him straight in the eyes. Before she could continue, Severus interrupted her.

\"You\'re from Gryffindor.\" He guessed, accurately, carressing stray lock of hair, and tucking it behind her ear.

\"Yes.\" Hermione confirmed, moving out of his embrace as she saw the revulsion cross his face. Snape\'s familiar look of hatred crossed his young features.

\"Why didn\'t you laugh along with Potter and Black?\" He asked, his pain evident in his features. Hermione looked at him, sadness filling her eyes.

\"Because I came back for you, not Potter or Black.\" She answered him honestly, feeling as though he deserved to know the truth, she continued \" James Potter and Sirius Black are dead in my time, as is Lily Evans.

\"No\" he denied heatedly, after hearing Lily\'s name. \"That can\'t be right. She is one of the smartest witches I have ever met.\" He felt compelled to explain his reaction.

\" She\'s been the only friend I\'ve had.\"

\"James Potter and Lily Evans Potter will be killed by Voldemort.\" Hermione reconfirmed, \"Harry, their son will survive, he is in my year at school.\" Hermione looked at the shock registering on Severus\'s face as he looked at her.

\"And Black.\" He queried, feeling that he should know the fate of his enemy. He decided that if Black\'s death was to be on his conscience, then he wanted to know.

\"Died last year in a fight with Death Eaters at the Ministry of Magic.\" she answered, not telling the exact manner in which he passed.

\"What happens to the Dark Lord?\" Severus asked intently. He had no intention of ever joining them, but knowledge about one\'s enemies would be invaluable. At his mention of the Dark Lord, Hermione frowned.

\"He will escape four times and will go into hiding. He will still be very powerful.\" Feeling as though he was asking too many questions, she continued,

\"Don\'t tell anyone I told you these things. There are several future Death Eaters here at Hogwarts, who, unlike you, stay close to Voldemort. Malfoy and Pettigrew for example.\" Snape look of complete surprise at hearing the name of a Gryffindor, the last person he thought would join the Death Eaters

\"Pettigrew the Gryffindork?\" He asked, not hiding he genuine interest, forgetting for a moment that he was also talking to a future Gryffindor.

\"Gryffindor,\" Hermione corrected him, \"and why not? He will become Voldemort\'s right hand.\" caution promted her to insist, \"Now, don\'t ask any more. I told you too much already.\" She turned agitatedly away from him and walked briskly towards the door to exit the DA.


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